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In numbers: counter-terrorism powers disproportionately affect ethnic and religious minorities in Britain
May 18, 2016 By Faith Matters

In numbers: counter-terrorism powers disproportionately affect ethnic and religious minorities in Britain

In September 2015, the Home Office released data on terrorism statistics, allowing us to review the use of terrorism-related powers on ethnic and religious minority communities. What we have found is that there is a significant level of racial profiling across counter-terrorism powers in Britain. All minority ethnic communities are affected by disproportionality but we […]

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Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities
February 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities

We have made a point of not crossing over from anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes into issues of counter-terrorism, though increasingly, members of the British Muslim community have been reporting incidents of stops at airports and ports of exit to us. Furthermore, there are cross-over points between what some British Muslims are feeling and their

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